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PLOW.

No. 305,995. Patented sept. 3o, 1884.

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THOMAS O. BELDING, OF WAYNESBURG, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS C. SNYDER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,995, dated September 30, 1884.

Application lcd May l?, 1884.

on its side. Fig. 2 is a detaehedview of brace. Fig. 3 is a detached view of lower brace. Fig. 4 is a View of rung, showing section of one end. Fig. 5 is a side view of beam, showing clevis thereon. Fig. 6 is a top view of beam with clevis attached. Fig. 7 is a detached view of adjusting-lever.

The present invention has relation to the general construction of plows; and its nature consists in the construction and the combination ot' parts hereinafter particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre-- sents the post or standard, which may be formed vin the ordinary manner for attaching the mold-board, landside, and share, the handles being attached to the plow as shown in Fig. l.

The brace B is substantially of the form shown in Fig. 2, and is provided with the L- shaped portion B. This L-shaped portion is provided with the slot o, which is for the purpose of adjusting .the brace. The brace is placed in the position shown in Fig. l, and is bolted or riveted to the handles. The bolt or rivet on the mold-board side passes through the mold-board and handle, thereby secure] y holding said parts together.

The L-shaped portion B, which is provided with the slot a, is wedge-shaped, as is also the portion of the brace B which lits against said L-shaped portion. The object of forming these parts wedge-shaped is, that they will be held firmly together by the clamping-bolt c, and will be less liable to slip out of place.

The lower brace, C, is substantially of the form shown in Fig. 3, and is provided with the slots d. One end of this brace is T-shaped, the opposite end being bent or curved vso as to tit against the mold-board. The T end its (No model.)

against the landside, the post or standard A being recessed, so as to receive the d portion of this brace. This brace is formed as shown for the purpose of more securely bracing the mold-board and landside, and at the same time throws the brace proper so far under the post or standard that dirt will not fall in front of said brace, thereby preventing the plow from choking or becoming clogged, and maybe ad' j usted to the proper position by means of the slots d.

The top or upper ends of the handles are braced by the rung D and its several parts. This rung is of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and is formed hollow, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to admit the rod E. The ends of the rung D enter the collars F, as shown in the drawings, said collars being provided with the projections c, which enter the handles, as shown in Fig. 4, and are for the purpose of preventing the collars F from turning, all of said parts being held iirmly together by the rod E.

To the outer end of the beam is attached the crown-head G, which is substantially of the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and is provided with the cogs g. This crown-head G is a segment of a circle of any desired diameter, the center of which is at the center of the pins 7i on the clevis when said clevis is in the position shown in Fig. 5. The cogs g are convexed on their upper sides, so that the rear ends of said cogs will be in line with N, which is the point the pins h reach when the operatinglever I is raised to disengage the projection H from the cogs g on the crown-head .G. The object ot' forming the cogs g convened is to admit an easy movement ofthe different parts of the clevis proper.

The clevis L is of the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and is provided with the projections H, which fit into the cogs g, as shown in Fig. 6. The rear end of the clevis L is provided with the pins h, which iit in the operatinglever I, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The operating-lever I is of the form shown, and is attached to the beam by the bolt J. (Best seen in Fig. 6.) Therear part of this operating-lever is provided with the handhold K, as shown in Fig. 7. It will be seen that by an upward movement of the operat- IOO ing-lever I the elevis L will be drawn downward and baek until it is disengaged from the eogs g, and the clevis can be raised or lowered, as desired, and again plaeedin proper position by a downward movement of said operatinglever and nrmly locked.

To prevent the head on the bolt J from turning as the bolt is tightened, one side of the operating-lever is provided with the shoulder M, which iits against the bolt-head, as seen in Fig. G.

I am aware that it is old to serrate a plowbeam at its olevis end and combine therewith a sliding elevis having a look-tooth. to engage with said serrations, and therefore lay no claim to such features, broadly.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. The braee for the mold-board and landside of a plow, Composed ofthe bar C, having a T-head, one member ot' which is formed with an elongated slot, and provided at the other end with a deileeted extension formed with an elongated slot, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the operating-lever, ofthe @levis pivoted thereto, and adapted to be raised and lowered thereby, substantiallyT as set forth.

3. The combination of the beam provided with the head G, formed with eogs g, the elevis L, formed with projections H, to engage with eogs g, and the lever I, pivoted to the beam, and having the elevis pivoted thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I elaini the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

T. G. BELDING.

Vitnesses:

WM, GLnssNnn., (l1-Lis. H. JoNns. 

